Convert UIImage to grayscale keeping image quality

Question

I have this extension (found in obj-c and I converted it to Swift3) to get the same UIImage but grayscaled:

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Answer 1

Here's a category in objective c. Note that, critically, this version takes scale into consideration.

- (UIImage *)grayscaleImage{
    return [self imageWithCIFilter:@"CIPhotoEffectMono"];
}

- (UIImage *)imageWithCIFilter:(NSString*)filterName{
    CIImage *unfiltered = [CIImage imageWithCGImage:self.CGImage];
    CIFilter *filter = [CIFilter filterWithName:filterName];
    [filter setValue:unfiltered forKey:kCIInputImageKey];
    CIImage *filtered = [filter outputImage];
    CIContext *context = [CIContext contextWithOptions:nil];
    CGImageRef cgimage = [context createCGImage:filtered fromRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.size.width*self.scale, self.size.height*self.scale)];
    // Do not use initWithCIImage because that renders the filter each time the image is displayed.  This causes slow scrolling in tableviews.
    UIImage *image = [[UIImage alloc] initWithCGImage:cgimage scale:self.scale orientation:self.imageOrientation];
    CGImageRelease(cgimage);
    return image;
}